CCC's Small Business Development Center

At CCC's Small Business Development Center, you can access a variety of resources to help your business start, grow or thrive. We provide classes and courses to help you take your business to the next level, as well as confidential, one-on-one business counseling for free. Discounts available for veterans.

Small Business Development Programs

Start your business on the right foot with Greenhouse

This 16-week program includes lectures, guest speakers, discussion, peer networking and individual business counseling. Listen to Greenhouse instructor Jeff Selby explain the benefits of this incredibly helpful program.

The Greenhouse program is designed to help entrepreneurs successfully start up and operate all types of new businesses. Using LivePlan materials (provided as part of the course), you will create a business plan to take you through each phase of starting up, funding, and managing a successful business venture. Grow your business in our Small Business “Greenhouse.”

Session topics include:

Management and legal structure

Marketing analysis, strategies, tactics

Understanding financial statements

Keeping better books and records

Financial planning and budgets

Developing and using cash flow projections

Financing--alternative sources of money

Negotiating in the "real world"

Managing growth

And much more

DATES: 16-week program - Every Tuesday
TIME: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
COST: $495 ($3,000 value) One additional key person from your business may attend with you for free.

To register, please visit CougarTrax, our online registration system, click “Continuing Education” and then search for the name of the class. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Nishimoto at 503-594-0734 or bizcenter@clackamas.edu.

Develop practical, proven skills for transforming your organization

If you are a business owner who wants to know more about marketing, planning, finances and profitability and is seeking satisfied, repeat customers, this course is for you.

SBM is ideal for established small business owners (1-50 employees) in the Clackamas County area who have been in business at least two years. Service, retail, contractors, professionals and manufacturing businesses have all benefitted from the SBM program over the past 28 years.

You’ll get 27 hours of expert classroom instruction plus two hours per month of one-on-one counseling. Meet once every 4 weeks and leave every class with plenty of new ideas and insights.

DATES: Nine-month program (October-June). Sessions are held one afternoon a month.
TIME: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
PLACE: Harmony Campus
COST: $695 for a business owner ($4,000 value)

To register, please visit CougarTrax, our online registration system, click “Continuing Education” and then search for the name of the class. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Nishimoto at 503-594-0734 or bizcenter@clackamas.edu.

Create joy and wealth through small business ownership. Learn the secrets of converting your passion into a thriving business

GrowthWheel is a hands-on, action-oriented toolbox designed to help entrepreneurs at all stages address four key challenges: the challenge of an attractive business concept; the challenge of building lasting customer relations; the challenge of maintaining profitable operations; and the challenge of a strong organizational structure including hiring and retaining leadership and employees.

In the Small Business Management class, business owners will overcome barriers to growth by addressing these key challenges. This class uses the GrowthWheel toolbox to help companies get focus, set an agenda, make decisions and take action.

To register, please visit CougarTrax, our online registration system, click “Continuing Education” and then search for the name of the class. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Nishimoto at 503-594-0734 or bizcenter@clackamas.edu.

Courses and Programs Calendar

As a busy entrepreneur, we know you've got a lot on your plate. That's why the Small Business Development Center offers courses and programs to help you solve problems, stay on top of emerging trends and keep up to date on your licensing. Below you'll find a comprehensive calendar of all of our in-depth courses, programs and workshops.

Construction Contractors Board Continuing Education (CCB)

Small Business Finance

Small Business Recordkeeping

QuickBooks Pro I

QuickBooks Pro II

To register, please visit CougarTrax, our online registration system, click “Continuing Education” and then search for the name of the class. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Nishimoto at 503-594-0734 or bizcenter@clackamas.edu.

Landscape Contractors Board Continuing Education (LCB)

The following workshops are approved for Continuing Education for the Landscape Contractors Board:

Small Business Finance

Small Business Recordkeeping & Tax Basics

QuickBooks Pro: Part I

QuickBooks Pro: Part II

For more information about free business counseling or programs and workshops, call 503-594-0738.

To register for Small Business courses and professional development classes:

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Visit CougarTrax

Choose a class

Search for your class using the keyword, course code number or topic code, and when you find the correct class, hit "submit."
The code for Horticulture classes is HORT and the code for the Small Business Development Center is SBM.

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